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mer Aug 7, 2021. 9 minute read
WWE Recap: Who’s Left?
I don’t pretend to understand why WWE does the things they do; decisions seem to be made like a freshman year film major writing their first script. It’s whatever seems most shocking in the moment, regardless of how it will serve them in the long run. Last weekend, they released…
READ MORE >mer Jul 31, 2021. 9 minute read
WWE Recap: Boss is Back in Town
Covid numbers keep rising, rising, rising, and WWE keeps booking shows. While we can all agree wrestling with an audience is vastly superior to wrestling with a bunch of screens in the stands, lax mask mandates and close contact makes me just a bit anxious to watch Nikki celebrate in…
READ MORE >mer Jul 24, 2021. 8 minute read
WWE Recap: Missionary Problems
Fans have been back for 14 days, and it’s incredible to see how much the shows seemed to have improve. Quality wise, Raw is insistent on showing the same four matches every week, but at least now we get to hear real people shouting “What?” instead of piped in boos…
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mer Jul 17, 2021. 9 minute read
WWE Recap: Ladies Love Moderately Unhinged Lashley
For the first time in 16 months, WWE talent performed in front of real people for a weekly show. What a time to be alive. While this crowd arguably would have clapped for anything, they got a pretty fun show on Friday night. A huge pop for Edge, a 30…
READ MORE >mer Jul 10, 2021. 8 minute read
WWE Recap: Who Speared First?
Bayley has quietly been one of the leaders of the ThunderDome Era; whether she was reigning as champ or cackling maniacally, she made everybody look good while rocking some excellent pairs of black skinny jeans. It’s a shame that an injury takes her out of action just before WWE returns…
READ MORE >mer Jun 26, 2021. 10 minute read
WWE Recap: Triple Dose of Hell
In another move that suggests WWE is flying by the seat of their pants at all times, the company released multiple wrestlers early Friday afternoon. Many of those released had recently appeared in storylines on TV, and a few of them were even scheduled to appear Friday night; both August…
READ MORE >mer Jun 19, 2021. 9 minute read
WWE Recap: Daddy’s Home
Our final week of shows before WWE busts out the ol’ red cage and invites us all to hell. If you absolutely can’t wait to see somebody chucked at a steel cage wall tomorrow night, SmackDown offered their very first Hell in a Cell match this week, just in time…
READ MORE >mer Jun 12, 2021. 8 minute read
WWE Recap: A Doll’s House
It’s almost time for Halloween in June with Hell in a Cell, and they pulled out the big guns this week with haunted houses, face casts, more family drama than you can shake a stick at, and a lot of property distruction. Meanwhile, NXT built to this weekend’s In Your…
READ MORE >mer Jun 5, 2021. 9 minute read
WWE Recap: Absolute Mad Dog
With NXT’s move to Tuesday nights, WWE has decided to shake up hump day with a variety of surprise releases to keep everybody on their toes. This week they dropped another round of talent, reportedly in the name of budget cuts. You hate to see anyone lose their job, and…
READ MORE >mer May 29, 2021. 9 minute read
WWE Recap: Is This a Re-Run?
I’m beginning to wonder if the Raw creative team genuinely doesn’t realize that they’ve been showing the same episode since WrestleMania. There’s just no other explanation for booking another Drew McIntyre title shot. At least NXT’s main event was fresh and new, in that it happened last month and then…
READ MORE >mer May 22, 2021. 9 minute read
WWE Recap: Roses are Red, Pyrokinesis is Orange
As usual, this was a mixed week for WWE. They released several NXT talents on Wednesday and Thursday, some more understandable than others. Among the more surprising releases are Alexander Wolfe, who has been a part of Imperium for some time now, Jessamyn Duke, of the Four Horsewomen, and Brandi…
READ MORE >mer May 15, 2021. 8 minute read
WWE Recap: Who’s The Bitch?
It’s the go-home week for WrestleMania Backlash, which is retaining all pirate theming despite taking place in the already weather themed ThunderDome. WWE set the stage for their marquee matches with two options; running the exact same story we just saw last week, and giving us the in-ring return of…
READ MORE >mer May 1, 2021. 8 minute read
WWE Recap: Say You’re Sorry
We’ve got two weeks to Backlash WrestleMania style, so WWE is doing their best to get guys fighting. While Charlotte Flair continued to whine her way through the women’s division, Raw also doubled down on the enemies to friends to enemies storyline, proving that two dudes over 6’2” could never…
READ MORE >mer Apr 24, 2021. 9 minute read
WWE Recap: Women Be Shooting in Promos
It’s two weeks post-WrestleMania, and WWE has a choice to make; can they shake things up, or should they deliver the exact same content we’ve seen on repeat for the past few months? They seemed to land somewhere in the middle, where every step forward also gave us two steps…
READ MORE >mer Apr 17, 2021. 9 minute read
WWE Recap: Men in Suits (Also, Trunks and Kilts)
In their usual post-WrestleMania celebration, WWE embarked on “spring cleaning” this week, which means letting go a bunch of wrestlers under the guise of budget cuts during a time where they made record profits. Among the cuts, some of the most surprising were Samoa Joe, who literally just called Mania,…
READ MORE >mer Apr 3, 2021. 7 minute read
WWE Recap: No Friends in Business
We are a little over a week away from WrestleMania 37, and everyone is putting on their best for the return to live fans in the arena. I’ll miss those virtual faces and piped in crowd noise. This year, the festivities are too big for even two nights, with extra…
READ MORE >mer Mar 27, 2021. 8 minute read
WWE Recap: Three Men and A Universal Title
Raw brought out debuts, NXT gave us a man in a jean jacket going absolutely mental, and SmackDown had Sami and Kevin back at it again. Lots to discuss this week. It’s full throttle towards 36% capacity at Raymond James stadium, and we’ve got two nights of card to pad…
READ MORE >mer Mar 20, 2021. 9 minute read
WWE Recap: Eye for an Eye, Tooth for a Tooth
WWE had three shows to prep for this week: Sunday’s Fastlane, NXT’s Stand and Deliver, and, of course, WrestleMania 37. The upcoming TakeOver will also span two nights, which makes five nights of in-ring WWE wrestling for the second week in April. I’m already exhausted. Chief Hurt Officer Shows Off…
READ MORE >mer Mar 13, 2021. 8 minute read
WWE Recap: Male Non-Wrestler Shines in Women’s Wrestling Division
WWE has proven time and time again that they have the talent and the capability to produce excellent wrestling, but their devotion to overbooking and convoluted storytelling manages to wreck it 90% of the time. This week was the same old story, with NXT women’s division playing hot potato with…
READ MORE >mer Mar 6, 2021. 7 minute read
WWE Recap: Business is Booming
I admire WWE’s attempt to make Fastlane remotely intriguing this year; it tends to usually fall flat, given the unfortunate task of leading into Mania without making any changes that lead to ticket refunds. Still, this week secured us Bryan vs Reigns again, which I’ll never complain about, and gave…
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